I was also shocked to see this review in today's Hindu Supplement...I didn't expect this from a reputed news paper. We can write back to Hindu regarding this. Infact, I'm going to do this...
Madhavan.R Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life. On 6/5/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stupid Review...This person is in need of some serious help...Rahman > should do some more innovation? He has gone nuts.. > > > *Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > Hawa sun' sung by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik is similar to Udhaya of > "Udhaya" and, though soft, carries a heard-before feel. 'Gumsum' (again the > same duo) is more like a rework of "Sivaji's" Vaaji. 'Gulfisha' (Nigam and > Sunidhi Chauhan) is a typical Sunidhi song, butyou don't need a Rahman for > this. 'Maherbaan', sung by the big man himself, is good, but the tune being > that of "Pray for me brother" does irk you. 'Tu mera' (Chitra and Sukhwinder > Singh) seems to have been inspired by Varugirai of "Anbe Aruyire". 'Hai > dardh' (Udit Narayanan) is not a great effort but takes you along thanks to > the singer. > > The pick of the album is 'Ishq ada' (female version by Parul Mishra and the > male by Rashid Ali). Rahman proves his talent in blending Sufi and western > music. 'Muje milo' (Alka Yagnik and Jayachandran) is inspired by Kannathil > Muthamittal, which took off from a R.D.Burman number. Rahman always hides > his inspirations by rendering the notes in high pitch, this time it hasn't > worked. Thanks to uncertainty over the album's release, these songs have > been under covers for four years and so Rahman had every right to use these > numbers elsewhere. But ARR fans don't want repetition. > > Rahman's interest over Devi Sri Prasad's music shows in 'Kabhi Kabhi > '(Rashid Ali), a reworking of Apudo Ipudo of "Bommarilu". 'Pappu can't > dance' (Blaze, Aslam, Tanvi, Anupama, Benny, Tanvi, Darshana, Satish) sure > makes your feet move but the tune and instruments aren't fresh. More like a > Shankar-Eshan-Loy remix. 'Nazarein milana' (Swetha, Naresh and Satish) has > great use of vocals blended with guitar. But the resemblance to Yuhi chala > of "Swades" hampers your interest. 'Tu Bole' (Rahman himself) has a feel of > the 1970s jazz but since the same feel and instrument arrangement were used > in in "Silunu Oru Kadhal" and "Iruvar", there isn't much new here. 'Kahin > To' (Rashid Ali, Vasundhara Das) is definitely the pick of the album. The > sadder version of 'Jaane Tu' (Sukhwinder Singh) doesn't bore you mainly due > to Sukhwinder. The violin bit is again the heard-before variety, this time > from Uyire in "Bombay". It could have been a great album had Rahman shown > more innovation. > > http://www.go-nxg.com/?p=956 > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; > LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL > > > > > > <http://www.mymailsignature.com/> > > > > > > > > <http://www.mymailsignature.com/?partner=ZGzeb001> > > >
